Luc Smits — Endo Lab

2024

Pregnancy rate and time to pregnancy after recurrent implantation failure (RIF)-a prospective cohort follow-up study.

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-024-03257-9

PurposeThe goal of this study was to determine ongoing pregnancy rate, time to pregnancy and embryo transfers to pregnancy within a cohort of patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF).MethodsIVF patients with RIF were included afte…

article 2016

Dyspareunia and depressive symptoms are associated with impaired sexual functioning in women with endometriosis, whereas sexual functioning in their male partners is not affected

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dew215

STUDY QUESTION: To what extent are endometriosis and its related physical and mental symptoms associated with the perceived level of sexual functioning in women and their male partners? SUMMARY ANSWER: Dyspareunia and depressive symptoms ar…

article 2013

Endometriosis, endometrium, implantation and fallopian tube

·doi:10.1093/humrep/det211

Study question: To compare the pregnancy rate in patients submitted to FET (Frozen Embryos Transfer) of cleavage stage embryos (Group 1), or at the blastocyst stage (Group 2). Summary answer: Our data showed that the transfer of frozen blas…

article 2009

B lymphocyte stimulator −817C>T promoter polymorphism and the predisposition for the development of deep infiltrating endometriosis

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.041

The prevalence of the BLyS -817C>T polymorphic variant among women with either deep infiltrating endometriosis or adenomyosis compared with a group of gynecologic patients without symptomatic endometriosis and a group of healthy women was a…